Ice-cream-can puller and carrier.



S. FRANK.

ICE CREAM CAN FULLER AN'D CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 25, 1910.

Patented May 30, 1911.

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ICE-CREAM-CA'N FULLER AND CBRRIEE.

specification of Letters'fiatent. lifatgrrtgd 3Q, igiils Application netJanuary 25, 1910. seria no. 540,029.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIGMUND FRANK, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Kokomo, in the county of Howard and StateofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-Cream-Can Pullers and Carriers, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawin-This invention relates to grappling tongs, especially adapted forlifting ice cream cans from their tubs, and the principal object of thesame is to provide novel embracing arms that will have .a firmengagement about the body of a can, said arms being so connected thatwhen the tongs are lifted, the embracing arms will automatically tightenabout'the can so that slippage of the same is prevented.

In carrying out the objects of the invention generally stated above, itwill be understood, of course, that the essential features thereof arenecessarily susceptible of changes in details and structuralarrangements, one preferred and practical. embodiment of which is shownin the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a perspective viewofthe improved tongs, shown opened to their widest extent, and alsoshowingby'dotted lines, a partially closed position of the tongs, Fig. is adetail fragmentary end view of one of the levers of the tongs showingthe embracing arms carried thereby.

Referring to said drawings by numerals, it will be observed that theimproved tongs are composed ofa pair of levers 1-2, that are heldpivotal crossing relation by the pivot pin 3. Said levers are duplicatesin all respects each being providedrwith an inturned operating endportion 4 that terminates in an end eye 5 in which a link 6 is mounted,the link of said levers being connected by means of the hand grip 7.-Said handgrip is preferably formed of a sheet of longitudinally rolledmaterial "so that no sharp edges will be presented that might damage thehand of the user, the ends of said handgrips being bent upon themselvesto provide eyes 8 which said links engage. It'will be obvious that thelink connection between the eyes 5 of the levers l-2 and the end eyes 8of the handgrip pi-rvide a universal connection between said handgripand levers which permit the necessary vertical and lateral movements ofsaid handgrip relative to said levers. The grappling end of each lever1-2- is also inturned as indicated at 9 and has the oppositely curvedpair of embracing arms 10 projecting therefrom, said arms being shapedso that they conform to the contour of a cylindrical can that is to beembraced thereby and terminate at their free end in a right angularlyprojecting lug 10 having a flat surface that forms a seat 11 for thebottom edge of a can when the said lugs are engaged beneath said bottom,Said lugs are arranged in converging relation so that when placedbeneath the bottom of a cylindrical can, they conform to the contour ofthe bottom-edge of the can and thereby permit the arms 10 to be firmlyengaged about the can. The lugs have their outer edges rounded and atthe junction of said'rhunded edge with the seats, an abrupt sharpenedpoint 12 is provided that may be forced within material such as ice tofacilitate handling the same with the improved tongs.

In the foregoing it has been made clear that the improved tongs may beused for lifting cans or the like by engaging under their bottom, orthat they may be used for handling ice by engaging the gripping pointstherewith, the necessary pressure oithe grappling ends of the leversbeing obtained by drawing the handgrip away from the upper ends of thetongs so that the levers will rock toward each other through the mediumof their pivotal connection. The tongs are, however, primarily intendedfor lifting-ice cream cans from their tubs without the necessity ofremoving all the ice packed about the cans. In such use, enough of theice is removed so that the embracing arms 10 inay be placed aboutopposite portions of the can, and by a lifting. movement of thehandgrip, the 'levers are rocked so that said arms will tightly embracethe can, and by a continuation of the lifting movement of the saidhandgrip, thg can may be readily removed from the tu lVhat I claim as myinvention is A device of the kind described consisting of a pair oflevers crossing each other and pivotally connected together, each ofsaid levers having at its outer end a pair of semicircular armsprojecting at a right angle to said lever, each of said arms having atits J thrqugh the points of said lugs, and a hand end a lug projectinginwardly at a right grip connecting the upper end of said levers. 10

angle thereto, each of said pairs of lugs In test-imonywliereof Ihereunto aflix my being arranged in converging relation tosignature inpresence of two witnesses. ward each other and provided with a flatSIGMUND FRANK. upper surface forming seats at gripping Witnesses: 7

points, all of said lugs converging toward a S. C. MILLS,

common center of a circle in a plane! W. W. DRINKWOLD.

Copies of this patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Iatents, Washington, D. C.

